Cockpit sosreport command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cockpit. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component sosreport Handler. This manipulation causes command injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2947. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cockpit (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component sosreport Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-2947 since 03/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239919 (TencentOS Server 4: cockpit (TSSA-2025:0181)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch ee8f946df39779ee37071006d1d4826317f25c9a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239919). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 239919
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: cockpit (TSSA-2025:0181)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: ee8f946df39779ee37071006d1d4826317f25c9a

Timelineinfo

03/26/2024 🔍
03/28/2024 +2 days 🔍
03/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2025 +447 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2947 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-258559

Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2024 18:33
Updated: 06/18/2025 10:55
Changes: 03/28/2024 18:33 (52), 05/07/2024 13:52 (1), 05/07/2024 13:58 (12), 06/06/2024 13:43 (1), 06/18/2025 10:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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